NOUN
- a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring
How To Use deadbeat dad In A Sentence
- “Well, Star’s father would be what we call a deadbeat dad and yes, what he’s done is against the law,” she replied. Star
- I'm tired of changing your baby's smelly diapers, you deadbeat dad.
- There's a phenomenon in the US of asshole males that we call deadbeat dads. The Human Cost of China Investment
- A stash of science fiction magazines left by his deadbeat dad offered escape from the real world. Times, Sunday Times
- And again, we know now in the United States people are really -- governments are really cracking down on what they call deadbeat dad. CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2008
- Pierre, who's working at a Dunkin' Donuts in Newburgh, was labeled a "deadbeat dad" in some news accounts but O'Connor said there was never any such allegation relating to his children with Armstrong.
- I've known about the term deadbeat dad for four years; it's nice to know that someone else in the Cayman Islands is reading about the laws in other countries. Cayman Net News Daily Headlines
- Advocates also said that the stereotype of the deadbeat dad as in jail or unemployed was a myth.
- However, the high-living deadbeat dad who stiffs his kids is largely a mythical creature.
- What frustrates me is that the word deadbeat Dad is so dismissive," he explains, when asked what he wants others to know. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
